The posthumous publication of Emmanuel Levinas's wartime diaries postwar lectures and drafts
for two novels afford new approaches to understanding the relationship between literature
philosophy and religion. This volume gathers an international list of experts to examine new
questions raised by Levinas's deep and creative experiment in thinking at the intersection of
literature philosophy and religion. Chapters address the role and significance of poetry
narrative and metaphor in accessing the ethical sense of ordinary life Levinas's critical
engagement with authors such as Leon Bloy Paul Celan Vassily Grossman Marcel Proust and
Maurice Blanchot analyses of Levinas's draft novels Eros ou Triple opulence and La Dame de
chez Wepler and the application of Levinas's thought in reading contemporary authors such as
Ian McEwen and Cormac McCarthy. Contributors include Danielle Cohen-Levinas Kevin Hart Eric
Hoppenot Vivian Liska Jean-Luc Nancy and François-David Sebbah among others.
